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Last Post 10/15/2007 11:44 AM by Kris Sigsbee

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10/15/2007 9:44 AM
veronica w Is there a historical record of when the first solar eclipse was observed, noted, or understood?

Kris Sigsbee

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10/15/2007 11:44 AM
Hi Veronica, That's an interesting question. People have been watching the sky for thousands of years, but we don't have written records for all of human history. I think it would be impossible to say exactly who was the very first person to ever observe a solar eclipse. However, the earliest recorded observations of solar eclipses may come from China around 1600-1050 BC. You can learn more about these early eclipse observations here: http://eclipse99.nasa.gov...itions_morechina.htm Kris